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martinz
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 Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:40 am Post subject: OpenOffice.org 2.4 Released |
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I'm using Office XP Pro side by side with OO. Admittedly, I find MS Office more user friendly but the freeware OO is really something that attracted me. There are really no major differences now between the two in my use of office packages except for some programmes like Impress, it takes 100% CPU power to process just a few slides.
One thing is for certain, at this update rate I could not afford the MS version of updates, but with OpenOffice... meh, this is great. If I could get a car manufacturer to upgrade my vehicle for free once a year (new cupholders, dash panel, etc.) It would also be great, but I'll settle for what I get with OpenOffice.
There is much improvement in version 2.4 and you can view them here. And I am definitely looking forward to version 3.
| Quote: | | "The multiplatform, multilingual office suite OpenOffice.org has announced the release of version 2.4. New features include 5 PDF export enhancements, text to columns in Calc, rectangular selection in Writer, bug fixes, performance improvements, improvements supporting the growing library of extensions such as 3D OpenGL transitions in Impress, and much more. Downloads are available either direct or P2P. In September, OpenOffice.org 3.0 will add PDF import, Microsoft Office 2007 file format support, and ODF 1.2." |
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You can get OpenOffice 3 now. I have been using it for the past week or two without problem. Many features are ready to use and there is a lot to like. Still no Office 2007 though, Microsoft still has office suites covered  |
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Rashy
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Does OO 3.0 support docx files at this time? I am assuming that OO 3.0 is still in beta (or alpha?).
Where can I download that? And is it pretty stable? A few friends that I set up with OO 2.3 (before 2.4 was out) are whining about docx support, but if 3.0 is fairly stable I would just go ahead and upgrade them to that and tell them to shut up
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krt
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Don't know, probably no more than how OO 2.x supports the new Office file formats with the odf-converter extension.
| Quote: | | The OpenXML Translator provides support for opening and saving Microsoft* OpenXML-formatted word processing documents (.docx), spreadsheet documents (.xslx) and slideshow documents (.pptx) in OpenOffice.org. |
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spock
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| Rashy wrote: | | A few friends that I set up with OO 2.3 (before 2.4 was out) are whining about docx support |
OOo 2.3 already supperts docx with an extension/plugin made by Novell.
(You can download it here)
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martin
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I think that Open Office is one of the best applications for Linux. It's the same for me to work on Microsoft Office or in OpenOffice. I have the version 2.2 installed in my Debian machine. The compatibility with Microsoft Office's files is very good. I know because my printer is connected to this machine and all the files I need to print, are opened in Open Office and are created in Word or Excel.
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ClickFanatic
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OpenOffice is my office suite of choice. I tried the latest MS Office for a while, but it was really confusing to use, cluttered and slow.
I can't imagine anyone is willing to pay for that, especially with a free alternative like OpenOffice.
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spock
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| ClickFanatic wrote: | OpenOffice is my office suite of choice. I tried the latest MS Office for a while, but it was really confusing to use, cluttered and slow.
I can't imagine anyone is willing to pay for that, especially with a free alternative like OpenOffice. |
Well, I don't really have problems with MS Office 2003, but Office 2007's interface is confusing me.
I really like Openoffice, though I still have some problems finding some options I have no problem finding in MS Office sometimes.
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abhisek
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| Well I came to learn about Open Office for the 1st time today. Is it compatible with windows XP? is it a free software? |
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krt
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| abhisek wrote: | | Well I came to learn about Open Office for the 1st time today. Is it compatible with windows XP? is it a free software? |
Yes, yes and yes. And free as in both freedom and cost.
See: http://www.openoffice.org/ |
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